Machine for clipping hair or wool from animals



,Toall whom imag concern:-

nt and'ga l'finger-piece, d, -by which the statt' is .ii'rinly-h'eld-in'its required position. A toothed vPATENT OifrrpCEj.4

cHAnLns W. vEMERY, on nonc'nns'rnn,MASSACHUSETTS.'

MAcI-IINI-z FOI?L `amr-enne HAIP. on` wooLlFa-OM ANIMALS."

specification forming para of Leners Patent No. 46,226. cated February v, 1865.

Beit knowntha't I, CHARLES WrEiuERY, of Dorchester, in thecounty of Norfolk and Gom'-A inonwealth'o'f Massachusetts, have invented. certain new and useful Improvements 'on a Machine 4for Clipping' the Hairor Wool: onV Animals; l and Ido hereby declare that the fol- "lowing is a full, clear, and-exact description of the construction and operation ot" .t he'same,I

I l reference hein g had to the accqmpanying draW- ings, 'making a part of this specicatill, and

to the letters `of reference-marked' thereon, in

j Figurel is a plan.` F ig.'2 is 'a side view.

.Fig-3 is aview ofthe-cutters'and cutter-head inverted. Fig. 4. is a .pla'n of the toothed guard or comb detached, and Fig. 5 isavertical longitudinal section,` f. v l

- Similar letters of reference in the several gures' indicate corresponding par'ts,"fjv

The practice of clipping the hair on yhorses and lother animals has Abecome quite. common,

and the. ordinary Way .of yperforming this is' very slow and ted-ions. The objectof my in- 'vention is the productionof a machine", by

means of .which the hair or wool.I on animals may beV expeditiously and uniformly clipped," V thus'savingl the great Aamount of lahor'required -st lchpurpose.when .performedvin the ori ,-the'd-ravsfings, a indicates the stati', andb 'n dle, provided witha thumboiece, c,

guard or comb, @,is made and a ttachedto the 'ft'orward'end of this stad', as represen tedin Fig. 4. The teeth of this gu'ard are' beveled off on the 'under side, forming-a sharp cdgeon theupper surface, each side of the tooth v similar tothe edge on the blade of a 'pair of shears. These teeth project-outbeyondthe ,cutters and serve as aprotection against' cuttingthe animal; also, to straighten or'raise up thehair 'or Wool, that it may-be cut uniformly. In the center of this/guarda perpendicular stud, f, fixed, `on which a circular cutter-head, g, is "made tov revolve. \.'.l.his cutter-head has four or more horizontal cutters, h h h JL, secured to its under surface,"with points projecting out- .Ward,.as represented in Fi'gs. 3 and 5. These f cutters'. h'ave'beveled ed-gesforward and back.

forming asharp ed'ge lon the,under side, so as to present a cutting-edge by revolving the'cutcutterlhead, as represented in llIig.` 5. The

office of this'guard i is to holdthe hair or Wool erect to facilitatev the cutting thereof. A hori- `zontal pinion, 7c, isv made fast to the top of the cutter-.head .hyone or rnore piIis,L, and fitted to revolve therewith lon the stud f. Directly ybaelrot'thel pinionthere is'a perpendicular y gear-stud, In, tlxedlinahe staffa, ou which a horizon tal gea r', a, isnt-.teil to revolve and mash into and revolvethejpinion k. 'A hand-crank,

.0', is attached ltothe upper side of this gear, to

4which the hand may be applied to revolve thc'.

gear. 'l

. This'lnachine is so constrpcted'that it -will operate .equally Welll by in either direction. By grasping the handle b in the left hand vWith the thumb on the thumb-piece c, andthe v`foreiingerover the finger-piece d,.tl 1e machine may be held rmly and moved to any position required. Then, b v turning thecr'ank-o with the right' hand the pinion and cutters are-m ade to revolve,.and lWhile thus vin motion, if the' guard-comb is brought neary or laidfiat on the surface ot' the animal and gently moved forward, the hair maybe uniformly clipped over the entire surface ofthe animal in .a very short.

space of time compared to the usual method 4of shearing by hand.

' Having thus described the construction and operation of my invention, I Will nowproceed to point out the parts which l claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent.

I claiin Q. The uppery guard, t', for holding-the hair or Wool verecttofacilitatev the cutting, as herein set forth. l

.v CHARLES Wi. EMERY.

Witnesses:

CHAs. W. HAWKEs, WM. G. PERKINS.

revolving the critters 

